The recent popularity of online shopping will result in the end of high street shops. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

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With the advent of internet accessibility, more and more people are buying things online. Some believe that shopping online can eliminate the need of high
street
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shops while others believe that it can not. I agree with the latter as people still care for the
quality
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and prefer seeing in hand
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and
also
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shopping is seen as a
quality
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time
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event to spend with others.
To begin
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with the build or texture of a material cannot be known just by looking at pixels on the screen. It is important for people to get the feel of the material they are spending money on.
For
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example I
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example, I
had just bought a branded shirt online which looked fabulous on the
screen but
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screen, but
upon seeing it myself after getting
delieverd
bring to a destination, make a delivery
delivered
, the
quality
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of the cloth felt cheap and was from a different brand and later I had to go through the hassle of returning the same item. Since
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I prefer
street
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shops to buy things as I won't have to worry about the
genuity
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Genuity
of the material after the payment.
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, people expect original and good
quality
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product when they buy which cannot be guaranteed by online shops.
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, shopping is still considered as an event when we get to spend
time
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and socialise with friends and family.
Although
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almost everything can be bought online, in today's
age most
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age, most
of our day is spent sitting
on
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at
a computer so rather than spending more
time
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on the screen heading out to shop. To exemplify, whenever me and my friends want to meet we prefer meeting at high
street
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shops as help each other out in selecting things to
buy but
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buy, but
most importantly spend
time
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catching up on things and talk face to face.
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, people consider
street
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shopping
as
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at
a
time
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to socialise and spend good
time
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with each other. In conclusion, online shopping completely replacing high
street
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shops seems impractical as the authenticity of the product bought is always questionable for the buyers and
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shopping brings friends and families together to spend
time
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with each other.
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